SOMETIMES QUILTS ARE ME in Postcards 4

  • May 12, 2017, 2:10 p.m.
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Sahara’s Quilt. Cotton. Nine patch, 2003.

I’m not at all a good quilter, but I’ve always been taught to keep a record of the work I do. For years, my quilting projects have suffered from lack of attention. Yesterday I irritated my thumb no end by creating one or two pages for every quilt and putting them in a binder.

There are two quilts for Alex. One of the first foster mother’s lost the earliest. I did a double Jacob’s Ladder for Megan saving fabrics and drawings. Not one photograph. I started a quilt for Katheryn but never made it. We are not in her family’s favor.


Zoe’s Quilt, cotton scrap quilt, 2009.


Detail of Stassa’s Quilt, 2003.

I did three quilts just to make quilts. I haven’t made a quilt for all the grandkids yet. Maybe they can claim one of these three if I don’t get one done for them. In the meantime, I’m looking forward to getting back to work on Bobbies “Crow” quilt. Then too, there are two adult-kids who need quilts.


The house quilt designed from standard cabin quilt blocks mixed with images of historic American houses. 2007.


The Red Quilt, cotton stars, 2009


”The Blue Quilt” or “The Last Quilt,” Cotton scraps, many are Morris fabrics, 2010.



  • Himself: Pool, work, dinner early, meeting. Saturday: Morning, picking up Mia’s books, none: Automobile Museum, and evening: it’s our 34th anniversary and we are out to dinner at Island Prime. Sunday: Tickets at 10 for “Guardians of the Galaxy,” meeting later.

  • Herself: Ditto, except that I’ll go along to the museum and go up to the Mingei Museum to see their new show. Imagine….34 years.

  • Reading: A new author which I sort of like.

  • 3 Things Done Well Yesterday and Today:Sorted and printed out the quilt information, today got cleared to go back to work then drove on the freeway to the gym where I went to class.

  • Gratitude’s: That I had another credit card at hand therapy as my MC wouldn’t work there.


Last updated May 12, 2017


Zipster May 12, 2017

I think you quilt just fine-not to mention your sense of composition, color and balance. Love that border on Stassa's quilt.
Is it sunny out your way? It's miserable here again today;(

MageB Zipster ⋅ May 12, 2017

Thank you. No grey and chilly here. But it is Friday.

GypsyWynd May 12, 2017

Beautiful quilts

Deleted user May 12, 2017

I think your quilts are beautiful. !

blevins May 13, 2017

I bow to your quilting skills. A quilt is a treasure forever and I hope your recipients love the quilts as much as the obvious love you put into every stitch.

Congratulations on your 34 anniversary. Major big love going on there.

aunty EM May 13, 2017

Congrats on the "34"!

NorthernSeeker May 13, 2017

Those are all beautiful quilts. I watch the quilters every week and there are hundreds of hours that go into the quilts.

MageB NorthernSeeker ⋅ May 14, 2017

Years for me. I get so bored with doing it but love the end result.

Hillbilly Princess May 13, 2017

Marg May 15, 2017

Beautiful quilts!

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